Katy Lange

Predators and Preys
Virginia Standards of Learning:
3.5       The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains. Key concepts include
a)      predator and prey.

I would use this PowerPoint as a review for my students. The information is short and sweet, and I think the students will enjoy watching the video and seeing how the process of a predator and prey can look like. After the fifth slide, I would pause for a minute and ask my students, “Which animal is the predator?” “How can you tell?” I would ask educated questions to get my students to think about predators and preys in a different light.
I would have my students watch this PowerPoint as a review for a quiz or test. After the last slide, I have asked my students to partner up with another student and complete a Venn diagram on a leopard and a zebra. I think this is a great way for my students to write down the similarities and differences in predators and preys.

Civic Lesson Plan With Wordle

Virginia Standards of Learning:
2.1 The student will conduct investigations in which
a)    observation is differentiated from personal interpretation, and conclusions are drawn based on observations;
2.5 The student will investigate and understand that living things are part of a system.

Everyone has heard the noises of the night, but have you really thought about what those noises were? and who was actually making those noises? I want my students to be able to watch this video and make observations and a conclusion of what they think those noises are. I bet some of them will be surprised.

I would ask my students to take out a sheet of paper, and ask them to write down the names of the animals they think are making the noises that are being played. I intentionally let the noises play a little longer, so my students would be able to listen, think, and make a conclusion. I would let the video play through once, and then play it again. Then, once we had finished looking at the video twice, ask them, “Are there any other noises you hear at night, that I did not include?” If so, “Which ones?” “What do you think they are?” Once I have gained the interest in my students, I would ask them to write in their journal about the noises they hear at night.